1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TRIUMPH OP REFORM (1793-1837) In appearance the great Whig landowners gave their support to Pitt, and in 1794 some of their leaders, the duke of Portland, Lord Fitz william, and Windham, entered the cabinet I%Z*rm. lo xrve under him. In reality it was Pitt who had mtmtmut surrendered. The ministry and the party by which <*•"•»• it was supported might call themselves Tory still; but the great reforming policy of 1784 was at an end, and the government, unconscious of its own strength, conceived its main function to b…
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- Vol. 9, pp. 551-551